Pea-harvesting machine.



No. 316,711. PATBNTED MAR-20,1906.

' w. A. JOHNSON.

. i PEA HARVESTING MACHINE.

.APBLIQATIO N FILED AUG. 24, 1905. v

s SHEETS-SHEET 1' 1 "W. A. JOHNSON.

PEA A VESTIN ACH NE."

' APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1905.

1; PATENTED MAR. 20, 19061 s sums-sum 3.

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Be it known that'I, WILLIAM ALExANhnR act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencev 1 being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to a machine forharvesting dry peas; and it has for its object to provide almachine which will cut the vines,

. feed them to a threshing-cylinder, from r a beating c linder, by which'the" peas will,

which the peas and vines will be delivered to" anendless carrier, whichwill deliver them to be subjects to aniactionwhichwill separatethem from the pods and vines and dischar e thepods and ,vlne'sfrom the machine, whi e the peas will pass through; ii -screen and be.

discharged intoja-. rece1v1ng chamber or drawer and subjected in their passage from the screen to the chamber to an air-blast whiohwill separate from .the 'peas and carry off broken particles of thepvines or pods and other foreign matter which may pass from the screen'withthepeas. 1 I

To theaccomplishinent of the foregoing and such other objects as may' hereinafter appear, the invention consists 1n features of construction and in combination of parts,

'which will be hereinafter; particularly de-i scribed and then sought to be clearly defined by'the claims, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, forming apart hereof,

and in which Figure -1 is a perspective of the machine.

.Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a side ele vation from the, opposite side with ortions broken away. Fig. 4 is a horizonta section through the upright feed rolls j and theirj shields, and Fig.5 is a detail elevation of the I feed-rolls and their strippers looking from the rear with portions of the iramebroken away SIIdPOItlODS in section.- 1

" suitable frame mounted upon an axle ;2, supported from the drive-wheels 3. At the front I of the-machine thereiit'suppertedaatherer,;

made, preferably, of sheet-steel, al ou'gh it maybe made of other material land ccnsisting Specification of Letters Yatent. I App ion r16 Mghstfl hlfififi. sealin- 275,622.

rolls and carried between the rolls. reariportions ofthese shieldsback of thefeecl-v I 'j PEA-'i-tAevEsTme' MACHINE-2r} I Patented March 20, 1906,

with converging faces or edges 5 and with a unobstructed passage of uncut vines from the rear of the throat and having upright sides 7, designed to embrace the standing v1n'es and to draw themintothe throat 6 as the harvester is drawn by' horses along the rows of vinesj At the front of'the harvester, adjacent to the throat 6 of the gatherer, is located two u right -feed rolls, 8, each beingprovided wit I a'number of'teeth 9 and car trying at theirlower-ends cutting blades or knivesv 10, which preferably are of the mowerknife type-and which are attachedto disks -11, suitably secured" to the bottom of the rollsi8, so as to project-be 0nd the periphery of the 'rolls,i.as' illustrate said kmves lying close'or adjacent tothe plane of the members 4 and so as to sweep across the throat 6 of the gatherer in the rotation of the feed-rolls, whereby as the teeth of the rolls draw the vines' between ,the rolls the cutting'blades- .willsweep across the threat 6 and sever the vines from the portions thereof in the ground; These rolls are rotated by means of miter gears 12, connected to shafts 13 of the rolls, which are journaled-in suitable boxes legattached to'a cross-timberfof the frame and with which gears mesh miter-gears 15 upon a counter-shaft 16, jonrnaled in boxes 17- and of horizontally-disposedmembers 4, formed v throat 6, closed'at its rear end to prevent the rotated as hereinafter described; To one side and front or the feed' rolls 8 are located shields 18," which aid in guiding the vines to the spacebetweenjthe feed-rolls where they are grasped by the teeth of the The roils are deflected inwardly toward and quite near .to the feed-rolls and are slotted transversely, so as' topermit thepassage of the cutting-knives and teeth carried by the feedroll s, ..the slots corresponding in number to the-rowsof teeth around the feed-rolls.

it :The deflected portions of the shields'18 are 'indicatedby the numerals 19, and these de:

fiected portions constitute strippers which strip 'the vines from the feedrollsa'nd permit" them to be caught by the threshing cylinder or'roll. Forfthe purpose of stiffening these I deflected portions of the shields there is placed intheangle formed at the deflected portion blocks 20, preferably of wood, which ave slotsxcorresponding to the slots in the strippers, so that the cuttingjlades and teeth of the feed-rolls may pass 1; ouglr tl1e-.same.

To the rear of the feed-rolls a cylinder or roll 21 is journaled in suitable boxes on side timbers of the frame,which roll is provided with a number of teeth or fingers 22, and beneath this threshing cylinder or roll is a concave 23, which is provided with rows of teeth 24, which act, in conjunction with the teeth of the roll, to thresh the peas fed thereto by the feedrolls. From the threshing roll or cylinder there extends upwardly and rearwardly an endless-belt carrier 25, which travels around lower and upper rolls 26 and 27, said carrier operating within a trough 28. At the upper end of the trough 28, to the rear of the up er end of the endless carrier, is journaled a beater cylinder 29, which is provided with a number of fingers or teeth 30, and beneath this cylinder is a concave screen 31, preferably made of wire, which screen is suitably supported within a box or chamber 32,in which is an inclined board 33 for directing the peas which pass through the screen down into a removable drawer or trough 34. Beneath the trough 28, atthe front of the box or chamber 32, is a casing 35, containing a suitable fan 36, by which an air-blast is directed into the box or chamber 32, so as to carry off broken particles of the vines and hulls and other matter that may pass throu h the screen with the peas, and thus cause t e peas to be delivered to the receiving drawer or trough free from such foreign substances.

To one of the drive-wheels 3 is attached .a sprocket wheel 3.7, from which extends a sprocket-chain 38, which passes beneath and engages with a toothed wheel 40 on the shaft of the upper roll 27 of the belt-carrier and which also passes around a sprocket-wheel 41 on the shaft of the beater-cylinder 29, thus transmitting motion from the drive-wheel to the endless carrier and the beater "cylinder 'and actuating said parts. The other end of the shaft of the beater cylinder carries a sprocket-wheel 42, from which a sprocketchain 43 passes to and arounda sprocketwheel 44 on one end of the shaft of the threshing-cylinder 31, thus transmitting rotary motion to that cylinder or roll. On the opposite end ofthe shaft of this threshing roll or cylinder is a sprocket-wheel 45, from which passes a sprocket-chain 46 to and around a sprocket-wheel 47 on the shaft 16, which carries the miter-gears 15, thus trans mitting motion to said gears and through,

them and the miter-gears 12 to theupright toothed feed-rolls 8 at the front of the machine On the end of the shaft 16 is a beltwheel 48, from which a belt 49 passes to a pulley 50 on the shaft of the fan '36, thus transmitting power to the fan.

From the front of the machine extends a tongue 51, from which is supported an evener 52, from which suspend bars 53, to which swingletrees '54 areconnected andto which are also connected chains 55, which are attached by hooks 56 or otherwise to upright side timbers of the frame, thus causing the draft to be from the tongue and also from o'p posite sides of the'harvester-frame.

A. shield 57, of sheet metal, or other material, is employed to cover'the miter-wheels '12 and 15, and a shield 58, of sheet metal or other material, is provided to cover the threshing cylinder or roll 21.

In operation as the harvester is drawn by horses along the row of peas the vines are gathered in by the gatherer. at the front of the machine and directed by the same into the throat 6, where the vines are grasped by the teeth on the feed-rolls and severed by the cutting-knives from the portion of the vines remaining in the ground, the closed rear end of the throat serving to check thebackward movement of the vines and, as it were, hold the vines while the cutters sever them from the portions remaining in the round. The severed vines are fed backwar by the feedrolls and stripped from the rolls by the strippers, whereupon they are caught by the threshing cylinder or roll and carried by its teeth between that roll and its concave, the

teeth of the roll and of the concave serving to thresh the peas from the vines. The vines and pods, with their eas, are then elevated by the endless carrier and discharged from the upper end of the same into engagement with the beater-cylinder, by which the vines, to-

gether with the pods and peas, are thoroughlv beaten, so as to loosen up the vines and permit the peas to drop onto the concave screen, the vines and pods bein ejected from that end of the machine by t 1e beater-cylinder. The peas pass through the screen and as they fall onto the directing-board 33 they are subjected to a strong airblast from the fan, which blast carries off the light particles of the broken vines and pods and other foreign substances passing through the screen, while the peas freed therefrom pass into the receiving drawer or trough, from which they are removed as occasion requires.

By constructing the gatherer as described and arranging the two upright toothed feedrolls in relation thereto and to each other, as specified, and providing said rolls with the cutting-knives placed to operate closely to the horizontal portion of the gatherer and to sweep across the threat 6, as mentioned, the pea-vines are fed evenly and regularly and without choking the throat, and the knives are caused to sever the vines at both sides of the throat and at the point where they will be continuously fed backward from opposite sides of the throat to the stripping-fingers at the rear, which clear the vines from the feedroli teeth and cutting --knives, so that they may he caught by the threshing-cylinder and after being threshed be delivered to the min rier, which discharges them onto the beaterjacent part toe I I have illustrated and described with particularitdy ,tion an eral operations to be carried on continuously,

each part actin iii conjunction with the ade i t the operation sought;

the :preferred details of -construcarrangement of the several parts;

but.it is obvious that changes can be made therein which will be embraced ,within the scape of the appended claims.

avingjdesc'ribed my. invention and set forth its merits,what"I claim: is v 1. Ina pea-harvesting machine, a gatherer having converging walls and a throat at the rear thereof, said throat being closed at its reariend, and a pair of upright feed-rolls located at opposite sides of said throat, the

rolls being provided with teeth and havin cutting-knives at their lower ends arrange to sweep across the throat from opposite sides thereof, the knives of one rollalternatingwith the knives ofthe other roll, substantially as described.

2. In a pea-harvesting machine, agatherer having converging walls and a throat at the rear thereof, said throat being closed at its rear end, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at opposite sides of said throat and provided with teeth rojecting'therefrom, and disks secured to t e lower ends of said rolls and provided with cutting-knives arranged to sweep across the throat from opposite sides thereof, the knivesof one roll alternating with the knives of the other roll, substantially as described.

3. In a pea-harvesting machine, the gatherer having converging walls and a throat at the rear thereof,.said throat being closed at its rear end, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at opposite sides of said throat and provided with teeth projecting therefrom and having flanges at their lower ends extending beyond the circumference thereof, and cute.

-ting-knives secured to said flanges and arranged to sweep across the throat from opposite sides thereof, the knives of one roll alternating with the knives of the other roll, substantiallyas described. I i 4. In a pea-harvesting machine, a gatherer having converging walls and a throat at the rear thereof, said throat being closed at its rear end, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at o posite sides of said throat and provided wit teeth projecting therefrom and havin at their lower ends cutting-knives arranged to sweep across the throat from opposit'e sides thereof, the knives of one roll alternating with the knives of the other roll, andstrilppers located at the rear of said feed-rolls an arranged to -trip the vines fromtheteeth and knives of the feed-rolls, substantially as described. p

5. In a pea harvesting machine, a gatherer having converging wallsand a throat at the rear thereof, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at opposite sides of said throat and pro -vided with teeth projecting therefrom and .havin at their lower ends cutting-knives arrange to sweep across the throat on EP site sides thereof, and shields located a ouigf said feed-rolls and having their rear portion' deflected inwardly toward the rolls at the rearv thereof, said deflected portions being formed with slots for the passage of the teeth of the feed rolls. and serving. as strippers therefor, substantially as described.

6; In a pea-harvesting machine, the gatherer having converging walls and a throat atv therear thereof, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at opposite sides-of said throat and provided with teeth projecting therefrom and havin at their lower ends cutting-knives arrange to sweep across the throat from o posite sides thereof, the knives of one roll va ter-' cated at oppositesides' of said throat and provided with teeth projecting therefrom and cutting-knives arranged to sweep across the throat from opposite sides thereof, a toothed threshing-cylinder located to the rear of and in proximity to said feed-rolls, and a stripper located between said threshing-cylinder and feed-rolls to strip vines from the teeth o'f'the feed-rolls and direct them into position to be caught by the. teeth of the threshing-cylinder, substantially as described. v

' 8. In a peaharvesting machine, a gatherer having converging walls and a throat at the rear thereof, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at opposite sides of said throat and provided with teeth projecting therefrom and cutting-knives arranged to sweep across the throat from opposite sides thereof, a toothed threshing-cylinder located to the rear of and in proximity to the feed-rolls to have its teeth.

engage with vinesfed thereto by the feedrolls, abeater-cylinder, a carrier for transferring vines from the threshingecylinder to the beater-cylinder, means for transmitting power from a drive -wheel of the machine to the beater-cylinder, means transmitting power from said cylinder to the threshingcylinder, and means for transmitting power from the threshin -cylinder to the feed-roll,

substantially as described;

9. In a pea-harvesting machine, a gath- 1 erer having converging walls and a threat at the rear thereof, a pair of upright feed-rolls located at o posite sides ofsaid throat'and provided wit 1 teeth projecting therefrom and cutting-knives arranged to sweep across the threat from opposite sides thereof, a toothed threshing-cylinder located to the rear of and:

5 beater-cylinder, a box or c a concave screenlocated under the beaterin proximity to the feed-rolls to have ite teeth a beater-cylinder, a carrier for vines from the threshin cylinder to the amber containing cylinder, a fan having a discharge mouth Opening into said box or chamber beneath said screen, and 5;, trhin of gearing for transro mitting power from the drive-wheel of the machine to the carrier, beeter -cylinder, grasp the Vines fed thereto by the feed-rolls, I threshing-cylinder, feed-rolls, and fan, subtransferring,

stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER JOHNSON. 

